Work & commute · Ladysmith

Work & commute in Ladysmith, WI

About one in 3 of Ladysmith’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hawkins (5%), Eau Claire (5%) and Rice Lake (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

507 of 1,382 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 875 Ladysmith residents head out of town to work, 507 work right here, and 1,934 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ladysmith.

875live here, work elsewhere

507live and work here

1,934work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ladysmith goes to work

Ladysmith (in town)right here

37%507

Hawkins18.8 mi away

5%70

Eau Claire48.4 mi away

5%65

Rice Lake31.4 mi away

3%46

Grant3.6 mi away

2%34

Bruce8.8 mi away

2%22

Chippewa Falls39 mi away

2%21

Hayward42.2 mi away

1%20

Glen Flora10.2 mi away

1%19

Richland15.8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%560

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ladysmith commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

12%

18%

27%

43%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ladysmith is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ladysmith are

2,441 jobs are based in Ladysmith. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ladysmith’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ladysmith

2,441 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ladysmith residents hold

1,382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−14%

Jobs based in Ladysmith, 2013 → 2023: 2,851 → 2,441. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.